Denton man listed in good condition after car falls on him

Thursday

Feb 28, 2013 at 1:32 PM

The man who was injured after a jack collapsed and caused his vehicle to fall on him Wednesday afternoon on Cherry Blossom Lane remained hospitalized Thursday.

The man who was injured after a jack collapsed and caused his vehicle to fall on him Wednesday afternoon on Cherry Blossom Lane remained hospitalized Thursday.A neighbor who wished to remain anonymous has identified the man as Johnny Hobbs. A spokeswoman with Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem said Hobbs was listed in good condition Thursday morning.Firefighters with the Denton Volunteer Fire Department were dispatched at 3:18 p.m. to a man being pinned underneath a vehicle on Cherry Blossom Lane, off Yates Road. Firefighters arrived to find the man had already been freed from under the Ford Expedition by those who located him.Travis Morris, captain with the DVFD, said the man's mid-chest to his head was pinned underneath the vehicle while his feet to his chest were sticking outside of it.Morris said the man was working under the car by himself, and it appears that one of his friends found him pinned under it. The captain said the man had chest and back injuries, and his head was OK.Hobbs was airlifted to Baptist.